Safety razor



J. B. STEEDMAN SAFETY RAZOR Filed ma 25 3921 Patented June 24, 1924,

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JAMES B. STEEIDIVIAN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TJAMES B. SMITH, OF LOUISVILLE, KENYLUCKY.v

SAFETY RAZOR.

Application filed May 25,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. STEEDMAN, acitizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SafetyRazors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved F safety razor and has as one ofits principal objects to provide a device of this character which may beused in the manner of an ordinary safety razor or may be used in themanner of an ordinary straight blade razor.

The invention has as a further object to provide a safety razor nployinga blade holder and handle and wherein the blade holder may be attachedto the handle to extend at substantially right angles thereto or i'naybe attached to the handle to extend lengthwise thereof.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a devicewherein the blade holder will be firmly held upon the handlefrictionally locked thereon.

()ther and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the handle and blade holder ofthe device disconnected,

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the blade holder arrangedtransversely with respect to the handle, 7

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the blade holder arrangedlongitudinally of the handle,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section showing the manner in which the bladeholder is frictionally locked upon the handle, and

Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section taken longitudinally through thehead of the handle.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, I employ a metallicblade holder including a body 10 slotted at its lower margin to providea series of guard fingers 11. On the end margins of the body areprovided knobs 12 located near the lower edge of the body and formed onor otherwise secured to the body at its upper end is a loop 13 lyingparallel to the body at its forward side. As will be observed, the loop1921. Serial No. 472,348.

and the body are provided at their upper edges with oppositely directlyparallel flanges or lips 11 and formed in the body medially thereof is,as shown in Figure 1, an arcuate notch 15 opening through the flange ofthe body. Rivet-ed or otherwise secured to the body at its rear side isa clamping spring 16, the ends of which are bent to embrace the endedges of the body, lying within formed with clamping fingers 17confronting the forward side of the; body. These fingers are design d toclamp a blade, as conventionally shown in Figure 4 at 18, against thebody, the blade being insertable through the loop 13 beneath saidfingers and overlying the knobs 12 coacting therewith so that the bladeis thus frictionally locked upon the holder. inclining laterally anddownwardly from the holder body at its rear side is a substantiallyU-shaped stock 19 lying immediately beneath the notch 15 medially withrespect thereto. At the inner end of the stool: the sides thereof areextended to provide oppositely directed ears 2O straddling the notch andsoldered or otherwise secured to the holder body, while at the upperedges of the sides of the stock are provided oppositely directedparallel flanges or lips 21 similar to the flanges 1%.

In conjunction with the blade holder, I provide a handle 22. This handleis provided at its inner end with an oblong head 23 disposedlongitudinally of the handle and suitably'secured to said head at itslower side is a longitudinally extending channel member 24 havingconfronting flanges 25 directed inwardly toward each other, it beingobserved, as particularly brought out in Figure 6, that the flangesterminate short of the forward end of the head. Formed in the bottomwall of the channel medially thereof is a longitudinally directedopening 26. Mounted in said opening is a spring 27 riveted or otherwisesecured at one end to the head, the opposite end of said spring beingbowed upwardly between the flanges The channel member 2 1 is, of course,designed to fit over the flanges 14C or over the flanges 21 of the stock19 and since the flanges 25 terminate short of the forward end of thehead of the handle, the tip of the head may be conveniently rested uponadjacent ends of the flanges 14 or upon adjacent ends of the flanges 21when the hansuitable notches therein and are if:

dle may be shifted for moving the channel member-over the flanges intoengagement therewith.

In Figure 2 of the drawing, I have shown the blade or holder arrangedtransversely with respect to the handle. In this position of the bladeholder, the channel member 2d; of the head 23 of the handle is, as shownin Figure 4, engaged with-the stock 19 of the holder. As will beobserved, the flanges 25 of said channel member are enga ed beneath theflanges 21 of the stock, the forward end portion of the head 23 beingreceived through the notch 15 of the holder bot Accordingly, the flangeslet are brought into coacting relation with the spring 27, flangesserving to depress the free end portion of the spring. The spring isaceordingly held under tension frictionally coacting with said flangesfor locking the blade holder upon the handle. it the same time, byshifting the blade holder toward the outer end of the head of thehandle, holder may be readily detached. When the blade iolde-r is thusdisposed transversely i h respect to the handle, the device may, ofcourse, be used in the manner of an ordinary safety razor. 'However,since the transverse disposition of the blade holder is, by some foundcumbersome and unhandy, I have provided a razor whereby the blade holdermay, as shown in Figure 3, be disposed longitudinally with respect tothe handle. When so arranged, the channel member 24: upon the head ofthe handle is engaged with the pair of flanges 14-. of the blade holder,the spring 27 serving to trictionally lock the blade holder upon thehandle in the manner previously described. Thus, the bladetholder willbe firmly neld in position so that the device may be used in the themanner of an ordinary straight blade razor.

Having thus described the invention, what lSClfillllQCbtlS new is:

1. A safety razor including a holder ha ing longitudinal and transversepairs of parallel, outturned flanges at its back edge, a handle having alongitudinally channelled head-to freely slidably engage around eitherpair of flanges whereby the handle may be disposed in alinement with theback edge of the holder and a blade thereinor disposed at an anglethereto at will, and means carried by the head to frictionally lock itto the engaged flanges.

A safety razor including a holder having longitudinal and transversepairs of parallel outturned flanges at its back edge, a handle having alongitudinally channelled head to freely slidably engage either pair offlanges whereby the handle may be disposed in alinement with the backedge of the holder and a blade therein or disposed at an angle theretoat will, and a leaf spring carried by the head within the channel theeof to bear upon the engaged flanges and friction ally lock the headthereon.

A safety razor including a holder having longitudinal and transversepairs of parallel outturned flanges at its back edge, a handle having alongitudinally channelled head to slidably engage either pair offlanges, the side walls of the channel tern'iinating short of theforward end of the head whereby said end of the head may initially guidethe head into engagement with the flanges, and a leaf spring carriedbythe head within the channel of the same to bear upon the engagedflanges.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JAMES B. STEEDMAN. a s]

